Beyond the Shadow

Tuan, Nien-Tsu

doi:10.1007/s11213-006-9065-x

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“…One of the dimensions is concerned with the divergence of value where the degree of divergence is conceptually divided into unitary, pluralist and conflictual situation. Tuan (2007) outlined tripartite dimensions for grasping organizational behavior: 'people perspective', 'structural perspective' and 'process perspective'. These instances demonstrate that typology is associated with mental constructs.…”

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An Interactive Approach to Classification

Tuan

2009

Syst Pract Action Res

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Classification, entangled with obscurity and complexity, is not a task performed with ease. The obscurity in differentiating empirical taxonomy from conceptual typology plus the complexity of people's perceptions as well as the difficulty in developing a versatile approach-all impinge on the path towards settling a classification structure grounded in consensus. This paper reviews the conventional approach and the prevailing approach to dealing with classification, scrutinizes the fundamental structures of classification and puts forward Interactive Management as a mechanism for unfolding the hierarchical structure of classification through a participatory and disciplined way. A case study-relating to structuring the value model of precision grinding machines in a multicriteria decision making context-demonstrates the manifold structures in classification, and demonstrates the establishment of consensus on classification structure from different participants' perceptions, rather than a single designer's preference.

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2009

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‘Trapped’ by metaphors for organizations: Thinking and seeing women’s equality and inequality

Kemp

2016

Human Relations

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Gender was consistently identified as a major force in all editions of Images of Organization (Morgan, 1986(Morgan, , 1997(Morgan, , 2006), yet 30 years after publication of Morgan's (1986) seminal work, women's equality remains elusive in twenty-first-century workplaces. This state of affairs became the stimulus for the present research study, and its purpose the exploration of influences on women's equality and inequality from the eight metaphors contained in Images of Organization (Morgan, 1986(Morgan, , 1997(Morgan, , 2006. Data were collected from a sample of 70 articles in 30 leading academic journals that referenced Images of Organization (Morgan, 1986(Morgan, , 1997(Morgan, , 2006, and were analyzed for within-domains similarity between the eight metaphors and imageries of women in organizations. The results were then investigated for women's equality and inequality via content analysis. Four themes of influences on women's equality and inequality were identified from these metaphors for organizations. The implications of these findings are discussed, and two novel images are introduced to progress equality for women. The contribution to scholarly knowledge from this study is the proposition that the influence of these metaphors for organizations has in effect trapped ways of seeing and thinking regarding women's equality and inequality. The practical value of the current study lies in the proposal of new images to release organizational praxis for women's equality to become a real force in twenty-first-century organizations.

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Beyond the Shadow

Cited by 2 publications

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An Interactive Approach to Classification

An Interactive Approach to Classification

‘Trapped’ by metaphors for organizations: Thinking and seeing women’s equality and inequality

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